This is the face of William O'Donaghue, jailed for ten years on Friday following a series of brutal attacks on his former partner.

William O'Donaghue, 34, of Sherborne Road, Yeovil, admitted a string of violent offences against the woman, including three charges of threats to kill, one of assault by beating, one of false imprisonment, one of attempted GBH and one of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

The court that he had throttled and burnt his victim, held a knife to her throat, kicked her in the groin - and on one occasion used pliers to squeeze her teeth.

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The woman stood by her violent and "dangerous" lover, refusing to back a police prosecution and going to court to support him.

She stood in the public gallery as he was sentenced, blowing kisses and mouthing 'I love you' to him as the litany of abuse he had poured down upon her was revealed.

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